Penwith   Listed below is a selection of interesting and frequently requested indicators from the 2001 Census, based on data released on or before 13 February 2003. You can see other indicators and more detail for local areas in the Neighbourhood Statistics area of this website. Further data from the Census, including data for smaller geographical areas, will be released on a rolling basis. Population            Value   Total number of people 63012      Males 30200      Females 32812      Aged 0 to 15 11235      Aged 16 to 74 45090      Aged 75 and over 6687       Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/45 Percentage change since 1991 5.7%   2.5%   118 27 Density           Number of people per hectare 2.1   3.4   265 19 People, Places and Families     Marital status (all people aged 16 and over) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/45 Single people (never married) 25.0%   30.1%   247 18 Married or re-married people 51.1%   50.9%   278 38 Separated or divorced 13.4%   10.6%   6 2 Widowed 10.5%   8.4%   23 5   Transport (all households) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/45 Households without car/van 27.1%   26.8%   118 5 Household with 1 car or van 49.1%   43.8%   10 3 Household with 2 or more cars/vans 23.7%   29.4%   300 42   Composition (all households) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/45 One person households 33.4%   30.0%   38 4 Married couple households 33.1%   36.5%   321 38 Cohabiting couple households 8.4%   8.3%   169 13 Lone parent households:      with dependent children 5.8%   6.5%   171 8      with non-dependent children only 2.9%   3.1%   165 3 All other households 16.4%   15.6%   121 32 Ethnicity and Religion     Ethnic Group (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/45 White 98.9%   91.3%   61 16    Largest minority ethnic group(s) Mixed White and Asian (0.2%)   Place of birth (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/45 Born in UK 96.4%   91.1%   129 12 Born elsewhere in EU (inc Rep Ireland) 1.3%   2.3%   257 35 Born outside EU 2.3%   6.6%   240 33   Religion (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/45 Christian 72.3%   71.7%   266 39 Buddhist 0.3%   0.3%   72 8 Hindu 0.0%   1.1%   360 35 Jewish 0.1%   0.5%   173 16 Muslim 0.2%   3.0%   293 24 Sikh 0.0%   0.6%   354 36 Other 0.7%   0.3%   8 2 No religion 18.2%   14.8%   55 8 Religion not stated 8.2%   7.7%   65 8 Health     (all people) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/45 Limiting long-term illness 23.6%   18.2%   28 1 General health 'not good' 11.8%   9.2%   41 1 People providing unpaid care 11.5%   10.0%   38 2 Providing unpaid care 50 or more hrs/wk 2.7%   2.1%   46 4 Work     Status (all people aged 16-74) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/45 Employed 54.0%   60.6%   346 45 Unemployed 4.2%   3.4%   51 1 Long-term unemployed 1.3%   1.0%   75 1 Student (economically active) 1.7%   2.6%   347 42 Retired 18.1%   13.6%   28 8 Student (economically inactive) 3.5%   4.7%   153 9 Looking after home/family 7.7%   6.5%   25 2 Permanently sick or disabled 7.6%   5.5%   56 1 Other inactive 3.1%   3.1%   109 3   Travel to work (all people aged 16-74 in employment) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/45 Travel to work by car 58.2%   61.5%   318 41 Travel to work by public transport 4.8%   14.5%   285 17   Qualifications (all people aged 16-74) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/45 Qualifications at degree level or higher 16.1%   19.8%   244 35 No qualifications 29.8%   29.1%   153 9 Housing     (all households) Value E&W avg Eng & Wal Rank/376 Regional Rank/45 Number of households with residents 28080   -   336 37 Number of people per hectare 2.1   3.4   265 19 Average household size 2.21   2.36   350 39 Vacant household spaces 2.7%   3.2%   236 26 Owner-occupied 68.9%   68.9%   280 39 Without central heating 24.7%   8.5%   4 2 Without own bath/shower & toilet 0.7%   0.5%   48 8 Overcrowding indicator 6.6%   7.0 %   75 7

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